Lionel Messi is more than a player, he is an institution. Hence thought to make a post on the 10 magical ways he creates space to score goals. To underline his importance to the game and for coaches to pick his nuances and teach wards over generations.

This video is just about space created before a goal. Doesn’t include penalty kick goals, free kick goals, header goals, solo dribbles etc etc. Just his methods of creating space itself deserve a subject of research and study in the Lionel Messi college of magic.

This is a player for whom entire world rallied to coax him come out of international retirement. Hasn’t happened with any player before; at any level of intensity. Messi is an institution.

Watch Lionel Messi’s ten smartest ways to create space to score goal

Chapters

Each of these chapters are a wow but chapters 7,4,3 will make you go just waaaaaooow waaaaaooow!